The Year of the Sex Olympics

The story

Influenced by concerns about overpopulation, the counterculture of the 1960s and the societal effects of television, the play depicts a world of the future where a small elite control the media, keeping the lower classes docile by serving them an endless diet of lowest common denominator programmes and pornography. The play concentrates on an idea the programme controllers have for a new programme which will follow the trials and tribulations of a group of people left to fend for themselves on a remote island. In this respect, the play is often cited as having anticipated the craze for reality television.

Cast & crew

Leonard RossiterCo-ordinator Ugo Priest

Brian CoxLasar Opie

Tony VogelNat Mender

Suzanne NeveDeanie Webb

Vickery TurnerMisch

George MurcellGrels

Martin PotterKin Hodder

Lesley Roach

Lesley RoachKeten Webb

Hira Talfrey

Hira TalfreyBetty

Patricia MaynardNurse

Trevor PeacockCustard Pie Expert

Brian CoburnCustard Pie Expert